Rocky coast at Otarawairere Bay Sustainable Seas 2020
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Causal loop mapping pilot
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A whānau perspective for Te Tai-o-Aorere ki Mohua (June 2024)

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Bringing elements of ecosystem-based management into regional council policy and action plans
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Guidance and recommendations (June 2024)

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Ngā Tohu
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Reclaiming and preserving traditional knowledge of maramataka to inform transformative practice in marine monitoring and management.

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Ngā Pou
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Interactive poster describing the guiding principles of engagement.

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Teaching environmental sustainability through an ecosystem-based management lens
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The kaupapa and philosophy behind developing courses which teach environmental sustainability through an ecosystem-based management lens (Ma…

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Calculating ecological response footprints
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This guidance uses stressors and seabed ecosystem characteristics to determine the relationship between stressor and ecological response foo…

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Bringing it all together for a healthy ocean and prosperous blue economy
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The knowledge, guidance, and tools needed to reverse degradation trends and realise a healthy ocean (May 2024)

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Testing the adoption of decision support tools with end-users
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Guidance on decision support tools for ecosystem-based management (April 2024)

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Assessing present health
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Guidance on assessing the present ecological health of the area (May 2024)

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Roadmaps to ecosystem-based management
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A series of documents to address questions around enabling ecosystem-based management (May 2024)

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Empowering Māori knowledge in marine decision-making
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Recommendations to achieve the benefits of marine decision-making that is informed by mātauranga Māori (May 2024)

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Addressing risk and uncertainty in decision-making
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Recommendations for better risk assessment methods (May 2024)

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Developing pathways to a flourishing blue economy
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Recommendations for building pathways towards a blue economy (May 2024)

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Marine governance – sustaining ocean outcomes for future generations
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Recommendations for effective and appropriate marine governance (May 2024)

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Restoring marine ecosystems through better management and financing
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Recommendations to foster a restorative blue economy (May 2024)

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Enabling ecosystem-based management in Aotearoa New Zealand’s marine law and policy
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Recommendations to ensure healthy outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand’s ocean and people (May 2024)

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Addressing cumulative effects in marine management decisions
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Recommendations for addressing cumulative effects (May 2024)

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Enabling effective marine spatial planning for ecological and economic wellbeing
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Recommendations for marine spatial planning in Aotearoa New Zealand (May 2024)

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Enabling a broad knowledge base for marine management decisions
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Recommendations for marine management decisions and advice to be supported by different types of knowledge (May 2024)

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Considering scale and EBM in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Graphic depicting how successful practice for EBM requires a clear understanding of scale by decision-makers (2024)

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Healthy coastal ecosystems
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This infographic provides overview of the factors required for healthy coastal ecosystems (October 2023)

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Composition of two starfish in Ōhiwa harbour
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This guidance contains the potential bioactives and composition data within two starfish species samples (November 2022)

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Quick guides: Navigating risk and uncertainty in marine management
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A series of five quick guides on navigating risk and uncertainty in marine management (November 2023)

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Understanding and communicating risk and uncertainty | te tūraru me te haurokuroku in marine management
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Blackett P, Awatere S, Le Heron E, Le Heron R, Logie J, Hyslop J, Ellis J, Stephenson F, Hewitt J, Ziedins I, Armoudian M, Bulmer R, Clark D…

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Pātaka Kōrero User Guide
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This resource demonstrates some of the main functions and elements of the front-end user interface of the Pātaka Kōrero system, a digital st…

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Conference research posters
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The below posters were presented at our 2023 conference, Te Au o Te Moana.

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Big Blue Aotearoa
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Developed in partnership with The Spinoff, this resource is designed to help change New Zealanders way of seeing our moana, in a bid to enco…

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Seaweed Sector Framework
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This co-developed roadmap shows how Aotearoa New Zealand could grow its rimurimu/seaweed sector in a way for the country to gain environment…

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Stressors affecting estuaries
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This infographic shows the multiple stressors that can affect estuaries. (May 2022)

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Ecosystem service mapping in marine environments: a case study
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This guidance explains what ecosystem service mapping is, and why it is useful for marine managers, planners, and other decision-makers. It …

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EBM as urban transport
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This infographic uses the analogy of urban transport requirements to explain ecosystem-based management (EBM).

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User guide: Tools for ecosystem-based management
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The purpose of this guide is to help resource managers, kaitiaki and others to identify appropriate tools, developed and/or used by the Sus…

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Treaty-based marine governance & EBM
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This booklet and accompanying poster (May 2022) summarise key concepts and/or information from the 2020 report 'Stemming the colonial enviro…

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Reframing environmental limits for estuaries
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This document provides an ecological perspective on how to overcome ecological issues related to the use of national environmental limits. H…

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Carbon cycle within a seaweed farm
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This infographic shows the pathways of carbon flow from seaweed aquaculture based on measurements and calculations of carbon sequestration p…

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Possible ecosystem services and negative environmental effects associated with seaweed aquaculture in coastal environments
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This infographic indicates the likely nature and degree of effect by large or small '-' or '+' symbols. (November 2021)

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Kaitiaki-centred business models: 3 pou
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This poster summarises an analytical framework for examining kaitiaki-centred business models. A kaitiaki-centred business model is one that…

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What will enable Aotearoa New Zealand's seaweed sector?
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This infographic visualises the barriers and gaps that are impeding the sector, and what actions can be taken to address them. (August 2021)

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A snapshot of the global seaweed sector
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This infographic visualises: which seaweeds make up most of the global supply; what they are used for; growth of seaweed aquaculture in the …

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Monitoring estuaries in a changing world: Lessons for designing long-term monitoring programmes
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This guidance outlines key lessons for managers to consider when designing long-term monitoring programmes for estuaries (July 2021)

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Hui-te-ana-nui: Kaitiakitanga cards
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Mātauranga Māori is a complex system of experiential knowledge that comprises intergenerational beliefs, values and practices that contribut…

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Addressing politics when conducting valuation for decision-making
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This guidance recommends three steps to address social and political context in values-based decision making.

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Using Bayesian network models to bridge the gap between ecology and management
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This guidance explains how Bayesian network models can combine data with expert knowledge (ecological, physical or Mātauranga Māori), to bri…

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Managing the impact of turbidity, nutrients and sea level rise on coasts and estuaries
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This guidance explains the cumulative effects of three significant coastal stressors and likely impact on ecosystem function, and provides m…

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Cetacean conservation planning: dealing with uncertainty and data deficiencies
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Fabrice Stephenson presented this poster at the 5th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Auckland, 13-16 December 2020

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Filling gaps in marine data using Gradient Forest models
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This describes how large numbers of different data sets can be effectively pooled to group marine species into 'community assemblages'. Thes…

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Aotearoa New Zealand's key marine legislation
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This poster shows key pieces of legislation in our marine realm, and where they apply.

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Using ecosystem service bundles to improve marine management
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Ecosystem service (ES) 'bundles' show how ES interact with each other and are affected by stressors – and which values might be affected for…

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Monitoring for tipping points in the marine environment
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This guidance summarises the critical factors to consider, and the recommended data required, for a robust monitoring programme.

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Science Learning Hub collection
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We have a partnership with the SLH, who use our research to produce multimedia teaching resources linked to the NZ Curriculum.

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Connecting through EBM
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This detailed AO poster outlines examples of EBM-like initiatives occurring in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Caring through EBM
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This 4-page comic presents a human and non-human view of caring for a place

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Preparing Environmental Impact Assessments: General guidelines for offshore mining and drilling with particular reference to New Zealand
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These guidelines have contributed to development of EIA template and guidance by the International Seabed Authority

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Mapping the Māori marine economy
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The Māori marine economy (MME) has emerged out of Māori responses and adaptations to Crown-created institutions and structures that are diff…

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